Maradona: made in Glasgow

Hampden Park, 2 June 1979: The 18-year-old Diego Armando Maradona revealed his genius to the world as Argentina took on Scotland in an international friendly at a sun-splashed Hampden

The relatively unknown teenager gave a virtuoso display, with Scotland at times unable to get the ball off him; here he slips past the statue-like John Wark and Alan Hansen (number 6)

With tongue hanging out like a boisterous puppy, the young Maradona dazzled the 61,918 Hampden crowd with a performance of free-flowing trickery

A perspiring Kenny Dalglish, himself no slouch with a football at his feet, appears mesmerised by the chunky teenager's wizardry

Maradona (far left) watches as team-mate Leopoldo Luque scores one of his two goals in the 3-1 victory; Maradona himself scored the first of his 34 international goals at the famous old Glasgow ground

A twinkle-toed Maradona skips past the despairing challenge of Scotland defender Paul Hegarty

Two football legends face up to each other as Maradona attempts to out-fox Scotland's Kenny Dalglish. Scotland manager Jock Stein said at the time: "He's 5ft 5in but is 12ft tall on talent."

Maradona (far left) dons a Scotland top and salutes the Hampden support after Argentina's 1979 friendly victory

Glasgow Airport, 16 November 2008: Twenty-nine years after blinding the city with his brilliance, Maradona, now coach of Argentina, is met by a scrum of photographers' flashbulbs on his return to Glasgow

The diminutive 48-year-old Argentine is engulfed by the media as Maradona-mania hits Scotland

Maradona had little to say to the massed ranks of the Scottish media at the airport but he did at least raise a 'finger of God' before boarding the Argentina team bus

Maradona is at the centre of things as he takes charge of a seven-a-side match during a training session at Celtic Park

Young Celtic player Adam Brown is held aloft by Maradona after he found Fernando Gago's lost St Christopher medallion on the pitch

At his pre-match media conference Maradona causes a minor rumpus by suggesting England's third goal didn't cross the line in the 1966 World Cup final

Maradona oversees his players warming up on the Hampden pitch as kick-off for the friendly match against Scotland approaches

Maradona waves from the dugout as his first match as manager of Argentina gets underway

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